Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- The Lagos State government on Thursday said it has set up ten oxygen treatment centres and 20 sample collection centres as part of its efforts to mitigate the third wave of coronavirus in the state.

This development was contained in a statement released on Thursday by Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health.

The oxygen treatment sites and sample collection centres were established during the first and second waves of COVID-19.

Speaking on the state of the centres, Akin Abayomi, the commissioner for health, said the centres have been "rejigged and reinvigorated to provide swift oxygen therapy to residents who require it and easy access to COVID testing for citizens who needed to test for COVID ...